SIU probes Toronto shooting involving Halton officers

The province’s police watchdog has been called in to investigate a double shooting in Toronto involving plainclothes police officers from Halton.

The Special Investigations Unit says a criminal defence lawyer was leaving his law office near Avenue Road and Bloor Street in an area known as The Annex just after 3:30 Tuesday afternoon when he was shot by a man in the office driveway.

Plainclothes Halton Regional Police officers were conducting surveillance in the area at the time.

The SIU says one of them shot the man who opened fire on the lawyer.

SIU officials say the 51-year-old man shot by the officers is in serious condition in hospital after undergoing surgery.

The 66-year-old lawyer is in another hospital recovering from gunshot wounds to his legs.